The marathon 2015 edition of the Street Car Super Nationals here at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is drawing to a close today; the heads-up cars will be hitting the track shortly and rolling hot and heavy all day long. We’ll be starting with the Pro-level classes (Outlaw Pro Mod, Pro Mod) and rolling down through the heads-up classes. Stay tuned all day; we’ll be back out on the starting line soon to capture more of the images you all love.
As always, thanks to our event sponsor, Comp Cams, for their support of Dragzine’s race coverage.
Mark Luton has been on a tear all weekend in Outlaw 10.5 vs Radial eighth-mile, but no more. After a stout 4-flat single pass at 186 mph, some sort of fluid exited the car and got under the tires, sending him into the right-side retaining wall HARD, then spinning back across to the left-side wall…Where the car burst into some serious flames. The LVMS crew was on the scene almost before the car stopped spinning to extinguish the flames. We have a report that Luton is out of the car and is OK, although we’re sure he’ll be sore tomorrow.After Mark Luton’s wreck, we caught up with him in the staging lanes — he appeared to be no worse for wear, although he did mention that he was a little bit sore.Tough break — literally — for #2 qualifier Roy Moznik in the Outlaw 10.5/Radial quarter-mile class, as the car wouldn’t fire before the waterbox and his crew had to push him off.As if the Bad9er crew wasn’t already stacked with ingenious minds in Jason Michalak, Kyle Huettel, and Billy Stocklin, Frankie Taylor is here providing assistance to the boys.
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This is easily one of the most beautiful cars on the property, owned by Doug Paddock. The car's been through some well-known hands; Billy Glidden and Dwayne James are former owners of the chassis, but Paddock has remade the car in his own vision, with the help of some serious players. The paint was handled by Paddock's partner -- none other than Krusty Ramsey -- with a chassis that's been massaged by Justin Kill of Overkill Race Cars, another business partner of Paddock's. Starting to get the hint yet? But wait...there's more.
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The engine, originally built by Reher-Morrison, is one of two like it in the entire world, and Paddock owns both of them. This one was picked up from Grant McCrary and Rick Thornton, and consists of a 9.800-inch-deck, 4.900-inch bore billet block and cylinder heads that top out at 581 cubic inches. For this weekend, Paddock has outfitted the car with a pair of Precision 98 mm Gen 2 Pro Mod turbos, which he's never run before. They've been fighting to figure out the converter tuneup with the help of Marty Chance and transmission builder Mark Micke of M &M Transmission. Paddock doubled up in both the 10.5/Radial quarter-mile class and the eighth-mile class just to get as many passes on the car as possible. Was it worth it? Of course it was, as he dispatched none other than Roger Holder in the first round of the quarter-mile class with a stout 6.54 at 232 mph. Doug’s confidence prior to his run with Holder. Maybe we’re a good-luck charm?Not unexpectedly, Jason Michalak continues his roll through the eighth-mile radial field, as he’s put Steven Fereday and Taylor Lastor on the trailer on his way to the final round, where he’ll face either Paddock or Nick Yarber.In honor of our friend — and announcer extroardinaire — Al Tucci, who didn’t make it here, this is one heck of a BEEEEEAUUUTIFUL SMOKY BURNOUT! We miss ya, Al!A surprising early exit in the Outlaw/Radial eighth-mile class came for Rick Thornton, who lost fire on the starting line and couldn’t get the car restarted in time.Chris Groves continues his run in the 275 class. Last round he had a single run when Lafayette Williams didn’t make the call.There’s a little something for everyone here at the Street Car Super Nationals.Three of the sharpest minds in the business — Mark Menscer (left middle), Rich Bruder (right middle), and Tom Kundrik (right) of Mickey Thompson Tires. Not sure who the guy in the red shirt is..maybe he was trying to learn something by eavesdropping?Although he brought it here in a trailer, Darce Laws isn’t afraid to cruise this beautiful beast, as you might deduce from the windshield banners. Laws qualified 25th in the monster Outlaw 8.5 class with a stout 5.23 at 138 mph. Although he’s already out of competition after the first round, that’s a pretty stout showing for a real street car that sees hard miles. Who doesn’t love a 3,700 pound ’65 Oldsmobile 442 running this quickly? Someone who doesn’t appreciate drag racing, that’s who.Lots of iPad video shooters this weekend.Yet another show-stopper we found is this cross-breed ’93 Fox Body/LS combo owned by Brian Brooks from the Denver area. This weekend is the maiden voyage for the car, which took Brooks and his crew the last year-and-a-half to build.
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Brooks is part of the Paddock/Ramsey crowd (Ramsey painted the car) and has outfitted it with a 448ci, Paul Klyczek-built LS engine that's topped with a set of All Pro heads and pumped up with a ProCharger F-1X supercharger. He didn't even arrive on the property until Saturday, as weather in the Denver area turned him around and prevented him from getting here on Thursday. The chassis was originally built by Steve Matukas, then updated by Chris Lunsford at Lunsford Engineering. In the interest of speeding up the line-out process, Brooks has the Bruder Brothers here to assist with tuning. He's already advanced to the third round, where he'll face Jacky McCarty. Not only did he sponsor the event, but Troy Coughlin took home the big prize over Andrew Berry in Outlaw Pro Mod. We’d bet there will be expensive cigars turning to ash in the Jegs pits tonight.Tony Aneian used a monster holeshot to take out Dwight Ausmus in the final round of Hot Street tonight.Art Williams owns this fun little ’63 Nova, which was driven this weekend in Outlaw 8.5 by Chris Kephart. Yellowbullet members will better know Kephart as AJ’s dad. The Nova is motivated by a 406 small-block Chevy topped off with a set of Airflow Research cylinder heads, and is filled with a Scat crankshaft and connecting rods along with Ross pistons.
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Believe it or not, the car is still street-legal, and Williams drives it to local shows regularly. Kephart and Wiliams are longtime friends, and Kephart was behind the wheel this weekend as Williams is scheduled for neck surgery. The car runs in 235 Limited with extra motivation from a 200-horse shot of Edelbrock nitrous. Caltracks bars and a Mike's Trasmissions Ultimate Turbo400 are also onboard. The team battled through ignition problems all weekend, ultimately using three different ignition boxes before finally sorting out the problem. Williams has crewed in the past for Kephart and also Ryan 'Toaster' Jones, and the knowledge he's gained as a result has been invaluable. A cool budget ride that's bound to be a monster once it's all sorted out and they can put the full load of nitrous to it. It appears that Clint Hairston’s team has gotten a handle on the consistency of the Quick Drive setup with their turbo car. Hairston ripped off a 5.75 at 253 mph in the semifinal round of the Turbo Pro Mod class to take out Troy Coughlin Jr.’s 5.87, then came right back up and turned in an identical pass in the final round –5.75 at 253 mph — to send Kevin Fiscus back to Florida and claim the big trophy, and plenty of promoter Mel Roth’s money along with it.From number-one-qualifier straight to the winner’s circle; Jim Tanner outlasted the rest of the ProCharger 235 Limited field to take home the prize.Jason MIchalak put on a clinic this weekend in the Outlaw 10.5 vs. Radial eighth-mile class. Although he was scheduled to race against Nick Agostino in the tire vs. tire final round, Agostino had the rods exit the engine in the 10.5 final against Dean Bettenson and couldn’t make the call. Michalak, true to form as the radial badass, made the decision to put on a show for the few fans left and make a single hit. Congrats to the Bad9er team on their performance!Not only did he take home the win at the St. Louis Street Car Super Nationals earlier this year, Jason Collins doubled up with a victory here tonight over Anthony Smith on a holeshot, .050 to .099. At the stripe, Collins’ 4.89 at 142 mph was just quick enough to put Smith’s quicker 4.85 at 150 onto the trailer.This guy just wins, everywhere he goes. The final round of Xtreme Drag Radial saw John Urist’s Fox Mustang up against the blown combination of Roger Rydell. At the end of the track, nearly identical elapsed times — 4.399 for Urist, 4.392 for Rydell — appeared, but the difference was on the starting line, as Urist simply chopped the tree down and left it in Rydell’s lap as he streaked to the win.Jacky McCarty made the trip back to Virginia a very happy one when he took the win in 275 Radial over Chase Driskell, when Driskell didn’t move off the starting line. McCarty hammered the track, crossing the stripe with a 4.85 at 153.37 mph.With track temperatures dropping quickly, and the amount of runs that were put onto the Outlaw 10.5/Radial quarter-mile machines, Steve Nicholson and Doug Paddock decided to play rock/paper/scissors to determine the runoff winner, and Nicholson came out on top.The whole reason we’re here until 1AM on a Sunday night. We hear there’s some cash attached to each one.
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The marathon continues; the cars are going down the track hot and heavy this morning at the Street Car Super Nationals. Stay tuned all day as we strive to bring you the happenings from the event. Thanks as always to our sponsor, Comp Cams, for helping us to bring you the coverage from one of the most awesome races of the year.
Looks like Roger and the boys were hard at work last night repairing the stopping power.In the first round this morning, Chris Groves busted out a 4.54 to solidify his top spot in the 275 radial class. The Vortech-boosted machine is making moves, especially in the elevated air here in the Sin City.Kyle Bros Racing, with driver Jeff Kyle as pilot, were hard at work in the pits this morning making a few suspension changes to tame this sort of thing down. Kyle, who has Chris Tuten on hand to provide tuning services, has a Proline 450ci engine under the hood pumped up by a pair of Precision Turbo 88mm Gen 2 Pro Mod turbos.
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Brother Quinn Kyle helps to manage the whole car, and Jeff credits him as the key to the car's performance. Kyle hails from California and typically runs at sea level. 'Here it's 3,500 feet, but over the years we've learned what changes to make for a baseline before we get here,' says Tuten. So far they've pushed the car to a 4.31 best elapsed time in True Ten 5, but last night did a big wheelie trying to push the car to somewhere they've never been. Tuten says they's working to keep the front end under control, and thinks if they can do that, then 4.26-4.28 runs are possible. The car has a torque converter from Cameron's Torque Converter Specialties -- Tuten's longtime sponsor -- and he says Kyle's performance is repeatable no matter the elevation, without spending tons of time swapping converters back and forth. This morning, Kyle, Tuten, and the crew were making suspension adjustments, scaling the car, and considering whether to make any more changes.
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It looks like James Lawrence's career-best pass last night came at a cost, as the Dragzine crew was up bright and early switching the engine for the spare piece, which was delivered from California on Friday. Crew Chief Sean Goude says that one hole has a bunch of leakdown, and while that might be acceptable in a nitrous engine, it's not so efficient with the BlownZ's ProCharger-boosted piece.
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H&H Racing's '90 Mustang runs a 540ci big-block Chevrolet built by Quarter Mile Performance in Chatsworth, California. It's topped with a set of Brodix heads and manifold, and is pumped up with a Chris Alston gear-driven F-3R 136mm ProCharger. Driver Kelly Henry built most of the car in his garage, with a cage update done by Dave Coppertop at Murray's Performance Garage. The Holley Dominator EFI system is tuned by Eddie Rios of Addiction Motorsports in Canoga Park, CA, and Henry says his best pass this weekend has been a 4.58 at 167 mph; he is battling serious wheelie issues and has strapped the struts and limiters down tight, along with dropping 50 pounds in the nose in an attempt to solve the problem. Last night he dropped a huge wheelie and broke the transmission pan and bent up some other undercar pieces. 'If I can keep the nose down, I think I have something for Eric Gustafson,' says Henry. We’d guess that Larry Larson doesn’t like it when the intake manifold explodes due to an underhood issue. He was in the Fiscus pits this morning working the welder to repair the manifold — this is what the damage did to the carbon-fiber nose.Shameless plug alert! Thanks to Paja Agotonovic for sporting the Dragzine stickers this weekend. We thought this was a neat photo with the track’s “The Strip” logo reflecting on the car. Paja’s running in both Radial vs. 10.5 classes — quarter- and eighth-mile, with the 10.5 tire. In the eighth-mile class, his Sonny’s nitrous-injected 903ci engine has propelled him to a 4.31 and the 17th spot, while he hasn’t made a full pass in the quarter-mile class, running a 7.05 at only 142 mph to sit ninth in the field.Roger Rydell’s John Scialpi/Woppado Racing-built 2002 Camaro is a bad-to-the-bone machine that has some interesting applications of technology inside. We caught up with Roger in the hotel this morning and he explained some of the details to us.
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The 14-71 blown, alcohol-injected Camaro relies on a 520ci, Keith Black Olds engine to provide motivation. Rydell recently upgraded to a two-speed Turbo400 from Mike's Transmission that's helped to calm the car down and make it easier to drive -- not to mention less temperamental. But that's not the uniqueness of this machine. See the Dedenbear nitrous controller in the right photo? At Scialpi's direction, Rydell has it plumbed into the fuel system and controlling a rack of solenoids that helps to ramp the fuel flow in as the engine can make use of it under load. Since the fuel pump is belt-driven and has a static flow rate, the timers that are built into the nitrous controller pulls fuel out at the hit and adds it back in as the run progresses. The box is also used to control the air shifter in the car, and is programmable with the push of a few buttons. Rydell also has it wired in with Deutsch connectors in case of a failure; he carries a spare in the trailer and can just unplug it and swap in a new unit and be back up and running in no time. This is the team's second time out with the new transmission, and they're still working to tune the car in and find the consistency they want. Sometimes, you are the only guy to push the button on the camera at exactly the right time. Randy Walker’s one and only qualifying pass didn’t go exactly as planned.
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The aftermath. The brand-new 398ci Naiser Racing Components-built engine in Turbo Todd Moyer’s 275 Radial machine wears a set of Ultra Pro billet heads from Don Losito, an NRC billet intake manifold, and is pumped up by an 85mm Precision Gen2 turbocharger. The engine is based around a Dart block and these are the first hits on the new engine; crew chief Chase Driskell is sneaking up on the combination.
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Paul Mouhayet. Outlaw Pro Mod. Need we say more?There is something magical about The Strip at dusk.Snug as a bug in a rug. This thing is nuts — he slams the gears all the way down the track, wheels-up on every shift.Right before Mouhayet stopped the clocks with the number-one-qualifier pass, Troy Coughlin poured the power on to a 274mph blast and a 5.59 for the second spot.In Outlaw 8.5, Ryan ‘Toaster’ Jones raised the bar yet again, using tonight’s final qualifying session to simply annihilate the field. 4.76 on that little dinky tire? At nearly 156 mph? There are no words for this sort of insanity.Turbo Pro Mod finds Rick Snavely in the top spot with a 5.78 at 257.48 mph — 6 mph and half a tenth better than his closest competitor.
FINAL QUALIFYING RESULTS
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We’re back at it this morning — hope you’re enjoying the coverage so far! Today we’ll have two solid rounds of qualifying scheduled for 10AM. Pro Mods will be called shortly and we’ll be rocking and rolling shortly. As always, thanks to our event coverage sponsor, Comp Cams, without whom we wouldn’t be able to bring you all of the awesome racing action from the Street Car Super Nationals.
This incredibly-beautiful Willys is owned by Walt and Bucky Austin, and driven by well-known tuner Brian Macy of TheEFIStore.com. Yesterday was the first hit on the car; Macy fully expects the car to run deep into the 5-second range once completed. He also explained that they are measuring just about every single possible bit of data from turbo speed to ride height and more. The end goal is to have as much information as possible to consider when making tuning decisions.The Hairston Motorsports team is using a Quick Drive transbrake system in their GTO, one of only three turbo teams doing so. The unit sits behind the M&M torque-converter and in front of the air-shifted Lenco transmission. Since it’s new to the team, they have been pulling it apart every day for inspection, which is a process that takes about an hour and requires the removal of one wheel and the driveshaft before the transmission can be shifted rearward. Hairston says the floaters and discs need to be checked to ensure proper operation.Kevin Fiscus and the boys were hard at work this morning checking on the front suspension of his JB’s Power Centre-backed Pro Mod Mustang. Nobody wants to worry about alignment issues at 250-plus mph!The driving job of the day goes to Canadian Mike Walterson, who had a tire failure through the lights in the Outlaw 10.5 quarter-mile class. The resulting explosion blew the driver’s door off the car and a big hole in the back window. Walterson simply pulled the chutes and steered the car to the return road.
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A simply masterful driving job by Walterson. One of the best parts of the weekend are the warplanes that train at the adjacent Nellis Air Force base. They’ve been putting on a show all week.Nick Agostino rolled into the beams for the first time this morning with a brand-new bullet, with no idea how it would run. How’s a 4.10 at 191 mph from his small-block-motivated Camaro? Agostino sits in fifth in the Outlaw 10.5 vs. Radial eighth-mile class.Meanwhile, Mark Luton’s Mustang stormed to the top spot in the class with a 4.057 at 187 mph from the 5.4-based Ford Modular engine. Luton’s been at this game a long time and know what it’ll take to win. He sits just in front of Jason Michalak’s 4.062.We had an enlightening conversation with the Shock Nerd, Mark Menscer of Menscer Motorsports. The discussion centered around how he helps his customers get down the track; he stressed how important the total package is, from corner weights to control arm/four-link settings, to shock adjustments. “Guys will tune on the engine all day long, but when it comes to the shocks, they don’t know which way to turn the knob or what will happen if they do. We try to educate them and build a relationship that goes beyond just supplying them with shocks,” he says.Ruben T’s Pro Mod Camaro is a badass machine; he’s eighth on the ladder with a 6.04 . He explains that the weather here in Vegsas is so different from where he normally competes that he had to make a run just to see what the car would take. Above the car is the unique pneumatic awning system he developed (and sells, wink-wink) that he says inflates in six minutes and costs half as much as a typical stacker-based awning system. We were impressed, not only with the engineering but also the much cooler temperatures underneath. Racers are an ingenious bunch.
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The Rick Snavely-driven, Bothwell Motorsports-owned '69 Camaro sits atop the Legal Pro Mod class with a 5.812 blast. As they're limited to 43 psi boost in NHRA trim, crew member Karl Wahlers explained to us that they spend plenty of time testing torque converters and other area where elapsed time can be found. Between-rounds maintenance includes running the valves and checking everything over. The goal is to be ultra-consistent and make everyone be on their game. This is what it takes between rounds when you’re crewing on the world’s quickest four-cylinder drag car. The Napierville Dragway-sponsored machine is driven by Carl Brunet and has been 6.29 at 222 in the quarter mile; he’s 9th on the Outlaw Radial eighth-mile qualifying sheet with a 4.18 — from only 132 cubic inches of Ecotec Chevy engine, and ahead of some very well-known names in the class. We popped by when they were in the middle of swapping out transmission gears, as a result of swapping rearend ratios. Looks like a fun job, doesn’t it?Mike Keenan wasn’t in a chatting mood when we dropped by, as he had just diagnosed a blown head gasket on the driver’s side of the car.“Nitrous life” was the only comment we got out of the Bad9er/Kyle Huettel crew this afternoon. Shortly after the comment, a rack of pistons appeared on the table and many hands went to work.
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510 cubic inches of Tony Bischoff-built big-block Chevy motivates the Aneian Camaro we showed off yesterday. The Pro-Filer Hitman spread-port tunnel ram intake sits on top, and the team continues to work on the naturally-aspirated combination. Unlike their boosted brethren in some of the other classes, they have to work with what the air gives them; this weekend that's an 8.038 at 165.90 mph. The car has been 7s in Bakersfield in the past, but Las Vegas is approximately 1,500 feet higher in elevation, lessening air density. “Everyone has a trailer, ours is just smaller than the rest of them,” says Larry Larson. But everything the team needs fits in this little box; each item has its place, and each place has an item occupying that space. Larson feels that it just doesn’t make sense to cart around a big trailer, instead choosing to focus on the setup that he uses on Drag Week.Steve Petty has been a busy, busy man this weekend. Not only is he working the laptop on the top two Outlaw Pro Mod machines, we’ve seen him in a number of other pit areas dispensing his wizard-like advice.Yesterday Paul Mouhayet and the Moits boys struggled; tonight they did not. Howsabout a strong 5.686 at 265.27 mph, to take the second spot in Outlaw Pro Mod? Mouhayet is bested by only one person — event sponsor Troy Coughlin in the Jegs C7, who crossed the stripe with a 5.683 at 271.24 mph.Despite fears that the track might not be there in the night session of the Outlaw 10.5 vs Radial eighth-mile class, the Bad9er crew tuned up Michalak’s machine to a 4-flat with an 8 at 191 mph to take the top spot. Nick Agostino also moved up with a stout 4.034 at 193.54 mph to push Mark Luton into the third spot.Just because lit candles on a nitrous-injected red Camaro are awesome. And Yvonne is, too.The LVMS crew has been working overtime on track prep to ensure all of the racers are safe, and the surface can handle the horsepower.Yesterday Krusty said the race to the 4.80s would be on this weekend; today in the first session of the day, he proved it, with an insane 4.82 at 145.30 mph to push Toaster into the second spot.The Outlaw 10.5 vs. Radial quarter-mile class has 16 cars on the ladder so far, but Langley, British Columbia’s Roy Moznik is in the top spot by over a tenth with a 6.462 at 212.09 mph. The nitrous-injected Fulton 833ci engine in his machine is hookin’ and bookin’. Moznik is rolling on the 10.5-wide tire.The final session of Outlaw 10.5 vs. Radial quarter mile was one for the ages. Roger Holder cranked off an unreal 6.075 at 226.09 mph. But the story gets better..As the parachutes decided that spontaneous disconnection would be the order of the day through the traps. We have no doubt that he’ll be repaired and back after it tomorrow.And how about an all-time best pass for Dragzine’s own BlownZ project car? Company founder James Lawrence says the team will be inspecting the car before tomorrow’s sessions, as ‘something feels goofy in the steering’.
Friday Qualifying Sheets
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The end of the year brings one of the most anticipated drag races — the Street Car Super Nationals, held at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway — and this weekend you get to take a front row seat with us as we witness some of the baddest racing activity you’ll find anywhere in the world.
Thanks as always to our event coverage sponsor, Comp Cams, without whom this coverage wouldn’t be possible. Stick with us for the action — we’re headed out to the pits now!
“We threw an air-to-water intercooler together, changed the turbo, and changed the tires,” says Dwayne James, of daughter Haley’s NMRA Coyote Modified championship car. Haley’s running in the Outlaw 8.5 class this weekend; on their first hit, Dwayne had a tuneup in the car designed to get it down the track, so they could gather some data on the new combination.Krusty Ramsey says that everyone in the class is looking to be in the 4.80s this weekend in Outlaw 8.5. He told us he went 5.000 in Denver just two weeks ago, in 7,400 feet of air. We don’t think this is the way to 4.80s, but it sure does make for a cool photo.Rick Thornton and the Texas boys went through four different snowstorms on the way here, but that’s not the biggest challenge of the weekend. Thornton regularly tests at North Star Dragway in Denton, and he says that everywhere else they go to race is a challenge as the racing surface isn’t always the same quality. He was able to go about 100 feet in Outlaw 10.5 vs. Radial (1/8 mile) before going up in smoke in the first round today.Brant Campbell of Turbobullet.com (far lane) has had a tough couple of weeks; a windstorm came through his hometown a few weeks ago and flipped his trailer over. Luckily the car wasn’t inside, but a few of the body panels were, so he’s rolling with a few boo-boos. Campbell runs in the Outlaw 10.5 vs. Radial (1/8 mile) on the smaller 275-wide tire, as he says it’s more consistent for his particular 118mm-turbocharged combination.Another part of the Texas Outlaw 10.5 vs. Radial (1/8 mile) contingent, Jason Michalak, turned in a sweet 4.179 at 187.50 mph in the first round. As Michalak has been deep into the 3s already, we have to wonder whether he can make that happen on this track surface.The purchase of this car could have been the steal of the year for Ryan Martin. Also competing in 10.5 vs. Radial (1/8 mile), Martin stopped the clocks with a 4.155 at 188.73 mph. If you don’t recognize the car, this is the former Joe Copson-owned, Bill Gilsbach-built Camaro that was a terror in the East Coast Outlaw 10.5 wars. The car’s only been raced on radials a few times, and is already leading the pack so far this weekend.Just moments after this burnout, Steven Fereday went for a wild ride into the sand in Outlaw 10.5 vs. Radial (1/8). Despite the dirt visit, Fereday stopped the clocks with a 4.170 to slot between Martin and Michalak.It’s a long haul from Ocala, Florida, but so far it’s worth Josh Klugger’s time — he ran a stout 6.571 at only 190 mph on this pass to takethe second spot in Outlaw 10.5 vs. Radial (1/4 mile). The low MPH leads us to believe Klugger pulled the chutes early; we wouldn’t be surprised to see this car dip into the 6.30s as the weekend progresses.Tony Aneian’s ’67 Camaro is one of the prettiest cars on the property, and it runs as well as it looks. He sits in the second spot in Hot Street with an 8.108, just a tick behind Dwight Ausmus’ 8.095.
ROUND ONE RESULTS
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HS, Outlaw Radial Eighth Mile, Outlaw Radial Quarter Mile, Shootout It looks like Krusty’s prediction was correct, as Ryan ‘Toaster’ Jones laid down a whopper of a pass in Outlaw 8.5 this afternoon. 4.869 at 154.71 mph — more than 10 mph faster than the rest of the field.Andrew Berry turned in a stout 5.86 in the top half of the Pro Mod Shootout. He and his crew anxiously await the rest of the passes to see if he’d become the king of the hill this evening.It was not to be, as in the next-to-last pairing, none other than event sponsor Troy Coughlin knocked down an insane 5.68 in his NHRA-legal Pro Mod to take home the evening’s prize.The ever-humble and gracious Coughlin accepting the thousand bucks for his efforts in the Pro Mod Shootout.It came at a price, however, as crew chief (and fellow Jegs driver) Mikey Rees was hard at work at the end of the night to remove the passenger-side exhaust due to a crack in a header tube.
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Remember the wild ride we mentioned for Steven Fereday? Here's the aftermath. He wants to send out a big thanks to crewmember Tim, who worked feverishly to cut out a sheetmetal patch panel, and repair the damage so he'd be ready for the second round of qualifying in the morning. Remember, he went 199 mph in today's session. What will the Late Model Racecraft machine be capable of tomorrow? Steve Petty and the Moits team, including driver Paul Mouhayet, were trying to diagnose an issue with the car not performing when Mouhayet dropped the hammer during the Pro Mod Shootout. We didn’t want to intrude, but since they appeared to be testing the injectors, we have to assume there’s some sort of electrical gremlin that’s appeared.Eric ‘The Wildman’ Peterson made a hit during the test session and discovered a bad piston — and worse, damage to the cylinder head. With the help of crewmember Billy ‘The Kid’ Knannlein (seen here retorquing the head) they repaired the damage and say they’ll be ready for the morning. Peterson runs in the Pro Mod class on 10.5-wide tires and has been a best of 6.80s at 209 mph.
